Rediscovered Turner on Offer in Vienna for 38 Million Euros

Lifestyle & TravelMore+ ♦ Published: March 31, 2025; 11:56 ♦ (Vindobona)

A true treasure of art history is currently on sale at the Artziwna Gallery in Vienna: A rediscovered painting by the British Romantic painter William Turner is up for direct sale for a whopping 38 million euros.

The Artziwna Gallery has rediscovered a lost painting by British Romantic painter Turner, which is the sister to his classic "Venice, seen from the Canale delle Giudecca, with the church of Santa Maria della Salute". / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons,Gugerell, Public domain

The work shows an atmospheric view of Venice - “seen from the Canale della Giudecca, with the church of Santa Maria della Salute” - and is considered to be the first version of one of Turner's most famous paintings, which is now on display in London's Victoria & Albert Museum.

The version created around 1840 was in the possession of private collectors in Vienna for…